Migration and Displacement Triggered by Floods in the Mekong Delta

International Migration

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages

  Dun, Olivia ^a,b  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOODING; FORCED MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POPULATION MIGRATION; RESETTLEMENT POLICY;

MEKONG DELTA; VIET NAM;

EID: 79956205486     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2010.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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